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    • Gil i Cortiella, Mariona; Úbeda, Cristina; Covarrubias Peña, José Ignacio; Peña Neira, Álvaro (Elsevier, 2020)
      The use of vessels that are alternative to conventional cylindrical stainless steel tanks and traditional oak barrels during winemaking has increased in recent years. Examples of these alternative vessels include fashionable, ...
    • Silveira, Ana Cecilia; Orena, Sandra; Medel Marabolí, Marcela; Escalona, Víctor Hugo (Soc. Brasileira Ciencia Tecnología Alimentos, 2020)
      Twenty-two colored-flesh potatoes and three commercial noncolored-flesh varieties - which were all raw as they were microwaved (800 W, 8 min) and fried (180 degrees C, 5 min) - were characterized in terms of functional, ...
    • Boza Martínez, Sofía; Núñez, Aracely; Anigstein, María Sol; Scheuer, Junior; Murillo, Karen (Universidad de Zaragoza, España, 2020)
      Government purchases of food from family farmers aim to provide a new market for smallscale farming while promoting food security for vulnerable populations. In Latin America there are various examples of these initiatives ...
    • Ubilla Bravo, Gerardo (Univ. Zaragoza, 2020)
      Chile has undergone strong transformations in its rural and peri-urban space since the second half of the 20th century. Some studies analyze the spatial implications at the national and regional levels of rural instruments ...
    • Quiroga, Nicolás; Gamboa, Camila; Soto, Daniela; Pino, Ana María; Zamorano Carrasco, Alan; Campodónico, Juan; Alma, Alberto; Bertaccini, Assunta; Fiore, Nicola (MDPI, 2020)
      To date, phytoplasmas belonging to six ribosomal subgroups have been detected to infect grapevines in Chile in 36 percent of the sampled plants. A new survey on the presence of grapevine yellows was carried out from 2016 ...
    • Esterio, Marcela; Osorio Navarro, Claudio; Carreras, Claudia; Azócar, Madelaine; Copier, Charleen; Estrada, Verónica; Rubilar, Mauricio; Auger Saavedra, Jaime (Amer Phytopathological Soc, 2020)
      Table grapes are highly susceptible to Botrytis cinerea infections during the bloom period. After reaching the flower development stage, B. cinerea remains quiescent until berry ripening or gives rise to blossom blight ...
    • Neira Román, José; Ortiz, Mauricio; Rolston, Dennis; Morales Salinas, Luis; Seguel Seguel, Óscar; Riveros Burgos, Camilo; Acevedo, Edmundo (Springer, 2020)
      This study compares the goodness of fit of 10 empirical models used to predict gas diffusivity (DpD0-1) with experimental data obtained from Chilean soil samples from different soil management practices. Nine sites under ...
    • Lozano Muñoz, Ivonne; Díaz, Nelson F. (Taylor and Francis, 2020)
      An adequate daily intake of minerals is essential for the prevention of chronic nutrition-related and degenerative diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Seaweeds are marine aquatic vegetable that ...
    • Garaba Shungudzemwoyo, P.; Acuña Ruz, Tomás; Mattar B., Cristián (Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, 2020)
      Remote sensing of litter is foreseen to become an important source of additional information relevant to scientific awareness about plastic pollution. Here, we document directional hemispherical reflectance measurements ...
    • Lozano Muñoz, Ivonne; Muñoz, Susana; Díaz, Nelson F.; Medina, Alberto; Bazaes, Jazmín; Riquelme, Carlos (MDPI, 2020)
      Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC PUFAs) and vitamin D-3 are essential components of human nutrition. A regular human diet is highly deficient in n-3 LC PUFAs. Fish like salmon are highly recommended ...
    • Montaner Fernández, Daniel; Morales Salinas, Luis; Rodríguez, José Sobrino; Cárdenas Jirón, Luz; Huete, Alfredo; Fuentes Jaque, Guillermo; Pérez Martínez, Waldo; Cabezas, Julián (MDPI, 2020)
      Urban heat islands (UHIs) can present significant risks to human health. Santiago, Chile has around 7 million residents, concentrated in an average density of 480 people/km(2). During the last few summer seasons, the highest ...
    • Román Figueroa, Celián; Cortez, Donna; Paneque Corrales, Manuel (MDPI, 2020)
      Castor bean (Ricinus communisL.) contains ricinoleic acid, making it one of the world's most important oil-seeds. There are few studies on this species in Chile, despite its potential as an industrial crop. This study ...
    • Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo; Manrique, Augusto; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Casanova Pinto, Manuel; Govan, Joseph; Covarrubias, José I.; Contreras, Américo; Cabeza, Ricardo A. (Springer, 2020)
      The main aim of this study is to develop a mechanistic model of fertilization for recommending the application of zinc (Zn) fertiliser for maize based on the mass balance of Zn. The model would consider the critical Zn ...
    • Mashalaba, Lwando; Galleguillos Torres, Mauricio; Seguel Seguel,Óscar; Poblete Olivares, Javiera (Elsevier, 2020)
      Soil physical properties influence vineyard behavior, therefore the knowledge of their spatial variability is essential for making vineyard management decisions. This study aimed to model and map selected soil properties ...
    • Govan, Joseph; Abarca, Gabriel; Aliaga, Carolina; Sanhueza, Byran; Orellana, Walter; Cárdenas Jirón, Gloria; Zagal, José H.; Tasca, Federico (Elsevier, 2020)
      Iron(II) 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octa(cyano)phthalocyanine (OCNFePc), was tested as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) adsorbed on carbon nanotubes. The composite was analyzed spectroscopically and electrochemically ...
    • Urbina, M. A.; Luna Jorquera, G.; Thiel, M.; Acuña Ruz, T.; Amenábar Cristi, María; Andrade, C.; Ahrendt, C.; Castillo, C.; Chevallier, A.; Cornejo D'Ottone, M.; Correa Araneda, F.; Duarte, C.; Fernández, C.; Galbán Malagón, C.; Godoy, C.; González Aravena, M.; Hinojosa, I. A.; Jorquera, A.; Kiessling, T.; Lardies, M. A.; Lenzi, J.; Mattar, C.; Munizaga, M.; Olguín Campillay, N.; Pérez Venegas, D. J.; Portflitt Toro, M.; Pozo, K.; Pulgar, J.; Vargas, E. (Wiley, 2020)
      Marine plastic pollution is worse than expected, and we are starting to realize its full extent and severity. Solving the plastic pollution problem is not easy, as it requires the action and commitment of all sectors of ...
    • Boza Martínez, Sofía; Cortés, Maruja; Prieto Durán, Carmen; Muñoz Eulogio, Tomás Francisco; Mora González, Marcos (Universidad Federal de Santa María, Brasil, 2020)
      An adequate supply of fresh, high quality and accessible vegetables is essential for a healthy food system. In Latin America, these are mostly produced by smallholder farmers. The objective of this research was to characterize ...
    • Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo; Hansen Figueroa, Karen (SAGE, 2020)
      One of the characteristics of contemporary political geography is the transformation of international borders into resources for capitalist value creation. This has been accompanied by the emergence of new identities and ...
    • Homer Bannister, Ian; Prieto Varón, Mayerly; Díaz Martínez, Verónica (Universidad de Zulia, Venezuela, 2020)
      El cultivo vitivinícola en Chile ha crecido el 50 % en los últimos 12 años, provocando un aumento drástico en el uso de agroquímicos, entre ellos los herbicidas, los cuales deben ser aplicados en forma dirigida. Las malezas ...
    • Acuña, E.; Castillo B.; Queupuan, M; Casanova, M.; Tapia, Y. (Springer, 2020)
      Lead is one of the most harmful trace elements found in soils. Despite reductions in environmental lead exposure, an historical lead pollution continues affecting soils in many areas. To mitigate the impact of lead, ...